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<br /> "Fertilize," "fertilizing," or "fertilization" shall mean the act of applying fertilizer to turf,
<br /> specialized turf, or landscape plants.
<br /> "Fertilizer" shall mean any substance or mixture of substances that contains one or more
<br /> reco mg zed plant nutrients and promotes plant growth, or controls soil acidity or alkalinity, or
<br /> provides other soil enrichment, or provides other corrective measures to the soil.
<br /> "Institutional Fertilizer Applicator" shall mean any person, other than a private, non-commercial
<br /> applicator or a Commercial Fertilizer Applicator (unless such definitions also apply under the
<br /> circumstances), that applies fertilizer for the purr ose of maintaining turf and/or landscape plants.
<br /> Institutional Fertilizer Applicators shall include, but shall not be limited to, owners, managers or
<br /> employees of public lands, schools, parks, religious institutions, utilities, industrial or business
<br /> sites and any residential properties maintained in condominium and/or common ownership
<br /> "Landscape plant" shall mean any native or exotic tree, shrub, or aroundcover(excluding turf).
<br /> LW "Low maintenance zone" shall mean an area a minimum of ten feet wide adjacent to water
<br /> courses which is planted and managed in order to minimize the need for fertilization, watering,
<br /> mowing, etc.
<br /> "Person" shall mean any natural person, business, corporation, limited liability companL
<br /> partnership, limited partnership, association, club, organization, and/or any group of people
<br /> acting as an organized entity.
<br /> "Prohibited Application Period" shall mean the time period during which a Flood Watch or
<br /> Warning, or a Tropical Storm Watch or Warning, or a Hurricane Watch or Warning is in effect
<br /> for any portion of Indian River County, issued by the National Weather Service, or if heave rain
<br /> is likely.
<br /> "Saturated soil" shall mean a soil in which the voids are filled with water. Saturation does not
<br /> require flow. For the purposes of this chapter, soils shall be considered saturated if standing
<br /> water is present or the pressure of a person standing on the soil causes the release of free water.
<br /> "Turf" "sod," or "lawn" shall mean a piece of grass-covered soil held together by the roots of
<br /> the grass.
<br /> "Urban landscape" shall mean pervious areas on residential, commercial, industrial, institutional,
<br /> highway is-of-way, or other nonagricultural lands that are planted with turf or horticultural
<br /> plants. For the purposes of this section, agriculture has the same meaningas s in §570.02, Florida
<br /> Statutes.
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